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A veteran of vaudeville and star of some of Hollywood's most beloved silent films, Buster Keaton perfected the art of physical comedy via his complex, captivating, and literally neck-breaking stunts (unaware, Keaton fractured his neck during the filming of Sherlock Jr .'s water-tower scene ).


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Buster Keaton Peter Bogdanovich: 'I missed my chance to tell Buster Keaton he was a genius - now I'm telling the world' The Hollywood director has made a documentary about the silent-era.


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Buster Keaton (born October 4, 1895, Piqua, Kansas, U.S.—died February 1, 1966, Woodland Hills, California) American film comedian and director, the "Great Stone Face" of the silent screen, known for his deadpan expression and his imaginative and often elaborate visual comedy. (Read Lillian Gish's 1929 Britannica essay on silent film.)


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By David Hudson The Daily — Jan 24, 2022 Share Buster Keaton in The Cameraman (1928) T he first book by Slate film critic, Culture Gabfest cohost, and occasional Current contributor Dana Stevens is out this week, and it's already being met with celebratory reviews.


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James Curtis's " Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life " (Knopf) is an immense year-by-year, sometimes week-by-week, account of Keaton as an artist and a man. Every detail of his life and work.


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Along with Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin, Keaton is known for being one of the three great silent-era comedians; even today, Keaton's unique comedic stylings continue to influence many.


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By Anna Green | Nov 30, 2015 | Updated: Oct 3, 2022, 8:10 PM EDT. More than a century after comedian Buster Keaton started making movies, filmmakers are still imitating his stunts, gags, and.


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Joseph Francis "Buster" Keaton was born in Piqua, Kan., on Oct. 4, 1895. Buster's mother, Myra, was the daughter of Frank Cutler, who during the late 1890s produced and managed a number of.


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Buster Keaton's genius turned slapstick and catastrophe into comic gold. By Anthony Lane. October 15, 1995. His smile is not unattractive; it just turns him into a different being. If, from.


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0:00 / 3:26 Buster Keaton Smile (compilation) honoluluu 75 subscribers Subscribe Subscribed Share 35K views 11 years ago Quelques extraits de films dans lesquels nous pouvons voir Buster.


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A 1965 documentary, "Buster Keaton Rides Again," captured some rare footage of Keaton off-camera - smiling, in fact. Buster Keaton Rides Again by NFB on YouTube Keaton died at age 70 of lung cancer.


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32K Share 8.6M views 11 years ago Harold Lloyd's iconic scene in the silent film "Safety Last" (1923). One of the most famous images from the silent film era with Lloyd clutching the hands of a.


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Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century By Dana Stevens Illustrated. 415 pp. Atria Books. $29.99. Follow New York Times Books on Facebook, Twitter and.


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Joseph Frank " Buster " Keaton (October 4, 1895 - February 1, 1966) [1] was an American actor, comedian and director. [2] He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy accompanied by a stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". [3] [4]


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*"Smile" written by the once in a hundred (thousand?) year genius, Sir Charles Chaplin.


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David Mikkelson Published Apr 10, 2002 Claim: Silent film star Buster Keaton was contractually precluded from smiling on-screen. FALSE Example: [Robertson, 1991] Buster Keaton's famous.